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Salem Dinh
4 days ago2 min read
sam’s club sundays
"Mẹ and ba refused to even look at each other, as our family of 5 was cramped into a small white car."
Ayako Kiyota
6 days ago2 min read
Tip-Toe
You love me; Tip-toe; I cannot fathom love; Kindness; Love is fragile.
Emily Chen
Nov 233 min read
Shall We Go Home Now?
Many, if not all of us, are children of immigrants and yet many of us are quick to forget to care for our elders.
Jessica Liu
Nov 233 min read
Our American Dream
When my parents were living together for their very first year after immigrating to the United States in 2001, they witnessed 9/11.
Salem Dinh
Nov 233 min read
the my in mỹ
in vietnamese, mỹ trắng means white american.
growing up, i thought it meant american because
we weren’t american.
Hannah Govan
Nov 2314 min read
I bought them for the cover
Hannah's personal reviews on books that drew her in simply from the cover and how they shaped her.
Ayako Kiyota
Nov 236 min read
At The Table
Our dining room table is falling apart. That may come as a surprise, as no one would expect anything wrong with it.
Vien Santiago
Nov 235 min read
filling out the UC application during karaoke night
Over the last couple of days, I had to learn how to sound like myself in an application without sounding too much like myself.
Vien Santiago
Nov 236 min read
I Am Not Your Perfect Filipino Son
Filipino American History Month means a lot more than just reflecting on our collective past.
Vien Santiago
Nov 235 min read
"i wanna watch Past Lives again"
Vien’s dive into his past lives during June and July
Dear Asian Youth
Aug 68 min read
Preamble to Civil Disobedience: Reflections Between Dhaka and Chicago on the State of Bangladesh
The people of Bangladesh now stand behind one demand—bring an end to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and a 15-year-old authoritarian regime.
Triparna Poddar
Aug 54 min read
I CAN'T LET YOU GO
twelve years in school / and straight As for the most of it / i still haven’t worked out what i’m supposed to do when i lose you
Triparna Poddar
Aug 53 min read
clean up on aisle 4
At sixteen, I’m sandwiched between two shelves in the east-most aisle of a convenience store
Vien Santiago
Aug 54 min read
conversations with the creek
It's the one time of year that I get to take a break from being the perfect son if such a thing even exists.
Triparna Poddar
Jul 273 min read
how to cross a bridge without burning it
A poem about wanting to make amends with someone yet not being able to.
Emma Wong
Jul 261 min read
Two Haibuns
Airily, you asked: “Do you think it’ll be hard coming back up?” and I replied yes, maybe, we’d see.
Hannah Govan
Jul 242 min read
I See Ghosts
"Apparently, it’s the first week of school. I stopped hearing the immediate shrill of a lunch bell, and haven’t for a long time."
Vien Santiago
Jul 65 min read
deng kanakung gamgam // Mis raíces // My Roots
For the longest time, I thought my story started in a hospital south of Chicago in 2006. In a way, I was correct.
Vien Santiago
May 73 min read
Advice Comes Seldomly, Love Showers Overwhelmingly
a look into two lives by Vien Santiago
Vien Santiago
May 73 min read
but will mine?
starring Vien Santiago in a conversation with himself (and incidentally, the rest of the young world).
Sukriti Sinha (Shea)
May 71 min read
ode to entropy
"i told you my town was twenty seven miles away as the crow flies, / it mattered in the moment, / and you laughed"
Sukriti Sinha (Shea)
Apr 241 min read
me and my dog
"for the hundredth time that year, we made ourselves a promise to create a house that my dog would be proud of."
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